Sentence examples for defence of climate from inspiring English sources

The remarks are Cameron's strongest defence of climate change science for a while, after repeated accusations that he has retreated from his pre-election pledge to run the greenest government ever.

In a confident defence of the Paris climate deal agreed by nearly 200 nations last weekend, Obama predicted that Republican opposition to the accord and the denial of climate change itself will not be sustainable.

So far he has appointed a Texan oilman and Putin ally as secretary of state, put a retired general nicknamed Mad Dog in charge of defence, a climate change denier in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency, and chosen for his chief strategist the head of Breitbart news.

Rainforests are natural "carbon sinks", absorbing carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and creating a significant line of defence against climate change.

In many ways it was a passionate and eloquent defence of science, no doubt necessary in a period of climate change denial and CSIRO cuts, in which he expounded the deep thinking, creativity and artisanal nature of scientific work.

Their big issues include no war, the defence of trade unions, aboriginal rights, climate change and the forests.

"As a working hypothesis we assume that the effects of climate change and investments in flood defences are broadly offsetting," the report added.

This paper describes the development and application of an approach to adapt the existing flood defences along the Dutch Wadden Sea coast to the effects of climate change and sea level rise in the context of other uncertainties and developments.

Leading scientists have accused the world's top cartographers of making a blunder in their representation of the effects of climate change in Greenland, prompting a robust defence by the map-makers' publisher.

Relatively low-lying coastal cities such as Vancouver are starting to realise that the window of opportunity to act in defence against climate change is closing.

The growth of economy coupled with the acceleration of climate change draws the attention to sustainable coastal defence plans.